Last Friday, my classmates and I paid a visit to the aquarium in our city and had a very meaningful day there. At first we saw a variety of marine life, and then watched the fantastic performance of dolphins. At the end of the visit we listened to a lecture on protecting marine life, from which we learnt of the real situation of marine life. It is overfishing and marine pollution that have made marine life decrease at a fast rate. Therefore, I urge that strict measures be taken to protect the sea and marine life.

读写任务（One possible version）

A husband was making a Mother’s Day card for his wife by their baby’s hand and foot prints on the card. What he was doing was misunderstood by his wife at first but his wife appreciated him finally.

I still remembered the time in the grade one at the senior school when I gained a reputation for being cold and distant. This puzzled me greatly since I never felt I was cold toward others or distant on purpose. No classmates made friends with me because of such a reputation. One day I heard two classmates assessed me as a cold girl by accident and came to realize that the problem was the manner in which I spoke. Because I was shy, I spoke in short statements that conveyed a lack of concern and interest.

In my view, it’s better to prove myself to be a friendly and kind person by action. Therefore, I started to greet classmates actively, join in their chatting, even run for monitor to make more classmates understand me. Gradually classmates realized they had misunderstood me before.

解析：

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Norm通过自己的努力学习，从一个农民改行成为一个金融顾问，作者从他身上学到了很多。

1. B。根据前句中from July 2000 to July 2001和本句中with a host family可知，作者在那里住了一年。

2. A。根据后句内容可推断，New Zealand是个年轻的国家。

3. D。根据后句中He has figured out可推断，他知识丰富。

4. C。根据句中he couldn’t lead a good life可推断，种地可能没有前途。

5. A。根据句中from farming to being a financial adviser可知，Norm变换了职业。

6. B。根据后句中He’s learnt much可得出答案。

7. A。根据句中helping和which isn’t only nice可知，他帮助孩子们选择工作。

8. C。根据后文I want to be like Norm可推断，作者受到了Norm的激励。

9. A。根据后句中to have a promising future可推断，Norm对这个世界保持着开放的态度。

10. D。从农民到金融顾问，Norm选择了一个完全不同的职业。

11. D。根据句中cause him much trouble可得出答案。

12. B。根据后句内容可推断，作者从Norm身上学到的是思想的力量。

13. C。根据句中achieve those goals可推断，这里表示训练你的思想。

14. A。根据句中you’ll get there可推断，你要专注于目标。

15. B。根据句中the power of mind and financial intelligence可知，这是Norm给作者的礼物。